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' ' r '-- JWWfel.JjU TULSA DAILY WOULD, SUNDAY, AUGUST 27, 102 ?ec of Days When .Only Outlaws and Indians Roamed Tulsa-Osage Counties Is Hillside Mission, Near Skiatook , rid pnlatlal structure, built In i im, that stands on n hillside, five, w.- north of Sklntnok, two l.irgo i nitr.. on t this building, nnd ncnm- IpOTI OUrmi Kluuuu "v !i i nmi wio relatives or. wniie , , , in Htid nround Hklntook , 1 1 e iho remniints of u onco -litne pioneer school where, ,..!., en' nin wr educated In the i -j. .if what In now Tulsa county 1 wi lit l called today by the name II llslde Mission." I sturv of thn effoitn .f tin i. nds society of 1'hllndelphla In , hililtiK n school for Indians In j Inn wilderness of tliu Indian , in N one of the most Inter- , , tt "f all the lonu "trilBBlos of tho . man in nis nuenipts to educate i ,ul zr the lied mnn. Ill-lory of tin; Ahhottn. 1 T history of tho "Mlmlon,"' as c ihhshment Is popularly known , t.n' completo without personnl , mn of H. M. Abbott, superlntcn-,l.-ir . IIIINIdo cemetery. AAMott enmo to Oklahoma In 1380. fie - Mid mi a farm on 'finer creek, il). i 10 lulled north of Skiatook, or miles north of tho (illusion. Hero ,. fanned nnd becamo enKnced In r .utile busliiefli. Ho Rot on well u- i He Indlnns seemingly Inherlt i . Ms trail from his father, whose (v. lencc with Indians Is remnrk- -imI h.i. at 'i t f.nm.I t'i'lr wiv to the hi ut of luiff.iln. beasts ot cm tin- .miy-i, "I'M11 ii li lndi.ui or wlilli- man.' Tin-to relU-s are rcv rr,inlly treasured by Abbott nnd nre l.i-pt by him In an old desk In one of thn musty riotna in the oldest sec tion of that ntu-lent, roomy etruc ire, the lirl'o of many pIlKrlms .i1 Kn wn in 'Hillside Mtskm." Al b 'It.- father Knew Itlack Hawk, V. ! l i li.ef ..f the I'-luk Hawks 1 v i-.cn seven yearn ot ngJTtho older I, -t was the pet of an old Deta in e Indian doctor. Tho Abbotts! . ti lived In I'ennnyhunla. This ; irti -iilar doctor made a specialty of leiin'ilni; cancers, llo became tho i l " s pal and when the Indians do- 1 c lib I io move farther west, tho boy i iiir-"sed the ieh to accompany the tilbe He exacted from tho old mod I I- m in the promise, ohwiver. thn the aRi d dactor must accompany Iilm In iv homo should ho wlto to return. Thl - was agreed to by thV Delaware 1 ,AH' r si-ven years with tho Indians, ' 'Jjk boy lotisid to ecu his partnts and thi old home. True to his promise t.ie Ind an accompanied him, not to' h.i home, but a point within sight or I :s home, hecauso ho feared the ..Ids of an offended mother who foi years had thought that her son t.sd been munfered .by the Indians. Tin- boy vent to school, but fioon toul. He longed for Inllan n-oi latinn. He became an came an Indian trader, and with his c at t v -.til." pulled by four horses If traded ifu.uls to thn Indians for : .rs. He h is well known among ie various tribes nnd wpolco four different tubal languages. On one trading tour the elder Ab'.etr fell .n with a trlbo that had cm. -idcralWe gold. S. M. Abbott now ''.as a little tin trunk In which he rays lus father carried his money nnd "0 this particular trip ha re turned with tho trunk full of gold. The trunk Is nine lneh.es long, four Inches wide, anil six Inches deep. Dml Slgiuil by Mntiroo. Today, in this samo little worn tin box, Abbott has a deed to a revolu tionary soldier by the n.-imo of Iloyn ton lo ICO acres of land In Illinois for service rendered In tho war for ladfnendencp, This deed Is on suro real sheep-skin and tho signature of James .Monroe, then president ot tho bolted States, Is clear oven unto this iiy. People did not give abstracts In thoo days, but transferred all tho prior deeds to tho new owner. When the elder Abbott purchased tho land from Hoynton, this historical deed fame Into his possession and has teen in the archives of tho Abbott family for over one hundred years. There Is doubt let's not another simi lar deed In this state, possibly not one in tho whnlo southwest. It Is reverently trea.-urcd by Abbott and Is kept securely !n the Httlo historical lln trunk. President Monroe signed this document with his own hnnd. There were very few assistants to tho presment in thoso days, nnd tho I. I ' in T ie above is a pioi.ire of l.l..-i; I". lends school in tho year lJofOJ. In this eroup of pupils nre ninny who still live around Sjkintook and In eastern Oklahoma. Tho prin cipal Is D. W. IVnvrence. Tho si hoot dat-s back to tho eail eight ies when tho N-hool was founded by tho Friends of Philadelphia to con vert and rcoento the Indians. S. M. Abbott and Ills famous horse. "MBhtnlng." Abbott Is 70 years old but ho still rides Mie saiiuie In wliteli ho has sjicnt tho most of Ills lite. Coming to Oklahoma In 18S0, He knows the real pioneer hardships of tho early settlers. In his loft hand can bo seen a miniature tlu trunJt. This trunk has been In the Abbott family for over one hundred ; -ars. In It Is a deed signed by Pretldcnt Monroo himself nnd bears tho date of ISIS. Tho deed Is to ICO ncroa ot land In Illinois, given by tho govern ment to arcv olutlonary coldlcr by tho namo of Hoynton. Abbott Is n familiar figure nround Skiatok. llo Is tho active superintendent oc uie Hlllsldo cemetery and lives In tho nnalent building of Hillside mis sion. Tho above Is a view of tho Old Hlllsldo mission. Tho lumber In this historic structure was freighted from Coffcyvllle, Kan., In tho early eighties, long beforo Tulsa was even dreamed of. This building with tho four ncros upon which It stands, was formerly a school nnd mission, established by tho Friends Society of Philadelphia. This kl ciety purchafed tho land from the government In the days prior tn the soldier who was then serving as n lieutenant In tho Hlack Hawk war thn wnr in whli-h f.lnrnln fcppvpil lis Wantny of executive business wnn a private, in which ho nmellcd pow- ery ,m.1II ns compared with that dor nnd In which he Jestingly rc oi today thero were no railroads 1 marked that he fought, bled and ltn strikes. died for his country. Abbott nl.o As was said, this deed was signed has a bullet moulder that wns car sy l resident Monroo's own hand. It rled by tho Indians. This moulder s a deed to a former revolutionary Is a romarkable Indian relic. It Is fib to- 01- m i The Hotter It Is the Cheaper You Can Buy a Piano at Harrow's Read! Reflect! Get Busy! We offer any Used Piano in stock at a REDUCTION of ?5 for each degree of temperature above 98, as reported by the United States Weather Bureau maximum for the day of purchase. This offer good until September 1. It's Going to Get Cold Soon Better Hurry! 1 Music adoption of the Indian nllotment uollcy. Abboot purchahed the land nnd buildings rrom the Society at PhlladMlphla In 1311 for $300. In tho foreground on the chnlr will bo seen the llttlo tin trunk In which th elder Abbott carried his money while trading among the Indians. In that trunk today Is a deed signed by President Monroo's own hand. It Is a deed tn 1G0 arros of bind In Illinois as a bounty im k-iivo. inn. n: ! one Coyn ton whosor veil in the Itevolutlonnry war and who later served as lieu tenant In tho lllnek Hawk ,wnr. Tho deeil Is dated ISIS. Abov! tho trunk is thn Indian bullet moulder In which thcy "run" their bullets beforo Blurting on a hunt or a scalping expedition. It Is In the nhnpo of a mulo hoof nnd tho hole In which the bullets wero moulded can still bo plainly seen. of the shape ot a mulo hoof; It mea sures flvo Inches long on tho under side, threo Inchon on tho upper, two Inches wldo ami ono and one-half Inches In thickness. Tho holn In which the bullets were moulded Is still pl-.lnly visible. How many bul letH moulded In this very primitive In a conversation once upon a time, tho chief told a lnuglinblo story: Ho said that a missionary had been Rinom: tho Indians, telling them of Satan, how he breathed forth flro and flmoke, mado grpat noises nnd the like, it so happened that a short tlnm after tho exhortations of tho mi-stun fy Inn! conlnred up horrl blc Nbirw in tiie inindK of the In dinns, that the tlist steamboat, "Tho l.lttlo Jaek Timelier." en hip up the Illinois river. It r-am In the night time. The Indians saw it breathe forth smoke and flro, nmi heard It nhltle. T them, thin was thn verj ilovll against which the mlsslonhry had warned them. A great hub-bub followed. The Indians scampered pell-mell to the owntnp like cattle, and returned n long time nflorwnrds very caiithiusly Indian SMn for Itiior Simp. Solnman Abbott, the elder, fought In the War of 1X12. He whs burn in 1791. In this war the feeling wss Indeed very blttci ORSlnst the Indians In the bnttln of Tlppuranoe, In which Harrison on fanw Hint U.rt sent hi in to the While House. Abbott add ed n ipiotn of scalps to his belt In this battel n nwijor by llm n.-fmo nf llnckli-tnn. who had Miffercd much at the hands of the Indians com milted a feioclons riee( He wile at tacked bv an Indian who fouulit with a spr-nr. and nrn to Huckelton fought lh Indian with n tomahawk. He hilled 'ih Indian. Ho then took his knl' mil cut a strip of hide off the Indian's biek nnd fenf It to his wife with imii tlons to tan It. Mhe dbl so It wn used nj a iaor strop n,l llnekleinn staled that ho never saw anything like It for pulling an eilne on a razor. t'nnilllloiiH AgaluM Schools In tho later dnys of the cowboy clvllliatlon, beforo tho Indian nlJoi inent policy wnn nilnpted by tho gov ernment thero was llttlo incentive tn build chill cllee and school houses, as the while seniors were very few. Tho Indian country was too poor to build its own schools, nnd there wen not many while children In the land Hence, the only prnctlcal plan wn to establish a school for the Indian children, conveit and edinato them It took religious real to generate on Hiiislnsm that would cause pcoile In Pennsylvunla tn contribute moiicv with which to found a mission In the , Indian terrltoiy. Hut an Instaticc ' of such enthusiasm for nn Institute of tlilj kind wns mnulfested by the Frlemls Hoi-lety of Philadelphia nnd resulted In tho founding of Hillside Mission. Thin otd lunilmnrk Is n testimony to thn lellglous r.eal ami educnllonal lclens of tbo successors , ot William Ponn, who got on with tho Indians nnd treated ttiein klndlv In (he region of tho city of brothel ly love. This good fellowship of co lonial days was reproduced In the early lelglitlen at tho old HiNlde Mis elon. i About HiiiH'rliKciulftil Abbott. I Rupcilnlendont S . Abbott of Hillside cemetory, has lieen connect ed with tho cemetery for many years llo Is of that fast disappearing early ; day typo a pioneer In whoso mind ! are recorded events within the mem- ory of few men now Uvlng. lb knew the men who built tho first primitive huts nf logs from the for eet, who hauled lumber for later bulldlngfl from Coffey vllle, luin. lie naw tho Mission grow In the wild woods until It developed Into thn masslvo structure thnt by Its very , sizo today tells of Its power nnd In i flueiico for good In thoso early dais. I Ho nlso saw tho Mission decline, seemingly utrange, with, tho romlng : of civilization that It hSfl fostered. 1 I Io saw the creation -of school ills- trlcts and the construction of i,chool ' buildings from public taxation. He heard Mncoln debate with Douglas nnd saw many rermbliiiicc between i "Honest Abe" and .lohn Murdock, thn pioneer founder of Hlllsldo Mis sion. ; Abbott, wh flaw the Mission at Its i-rptlon under the trees mar llbd v leek north of .-lilatoi.H, who saw be mixtion In us log huts on the in me sight and who saw It moved to tho side of the big hill, tells n story thai rends like a chapter nf the history of the pioneers who In adrd the obi pioneer northweet with broad axes and flint lock rifles, lln relates the cntiilnc of John Murdock eenl out by the Friends Hoclety of Philadelphia, In tnese Interesting words: "In the year 1SSI" ho beglu, "a man bv tho nnmn of John .Murdock, n traveling missionary, was sent here riotn the Friend Society of Phila delphia. I.Ike WllllHin Penn. he tiebl a few meetln.ln the groves and Im mediately hud' considerable snocees. There were ncnrcely any white peo ple at thai Mine; but all (he mixed blonds and most of the fullblood Indians understood and talked some Hngllsh. ' lliillds IIiicIiuikhIs riiutrli. "Murdock proposed to liullil a )ter inanent church The few who galli eieil In hear him noiuleseeil In the , proposal to erect a hoiisn of worship. I 'I he forest was the milv source of biillillng materl.il and lie sboulilered 'bis brad nx and 'imn bed ,ko a 'lieio into the primeval fmest fol lowed elDSelV. l-v !, s faithful, fbllll I b-ss followeis. They felled the Hees mil Murdock hewed tho logs A r MIHUU.PJM1M fine set was soon hewed haul out and iale Tills Ihey did In a very short l ine. Then they felled a huge oak, rived clap-hoards and covered the church. In thl rougli structure without doors or floors, thoy worshiped. After a llmo they split puncheons and made a door nnd laid a floor lilnio nnd Sand Chink Pr-neks, "This structure answered well for the summer time, but as winter drew nar these devout e r...hlpers found It neressary lo chink the c-nchs A log-rolling was held, nnd ot the lofrn a kiln of limn was burned. With thl lltne ihey mixed sand and plastered the cricks with the mixture. This building wns raleed on whet Is known ns thn Vnnre place on Wrd creek. nearvhere Andy Daniels has lived for Mime time." "When the church was completed, the Friends, under Mtmlock'e lead ership, proceeded lo build a parson age. They erected It In much the sumo wsy as they had tho church but did not build It alongside the ehureh ns Is done nn often today, but located It closo to where Henry t'eslmi'cr now liven; In fact, about half way between where Hesliaser's house and bam now stand Murdork made i fair showing of converts, mostly i blldreti. He matin nut a repoi t and sent It to the hsso- latuin at Philadelphia, with a re ready tniquest for funds with which to bulla h beiter sell on I on Idlng. Tho funds wi rr piotnptly sent. Freight I. limber From Cnffcyvllle "In th spring of 11, Mu lock culled together the following fal'll fill followers: William l.oyd. Hill Cannon . Mill Mlevens and a mnn by tbo name of Oatllger. They haulci lumber from Coffyvllle. Kan,, this being the nearest rnllrr-id point where lumber could be secuved jt took five dnye to make the trip nnd sometimes when Cnney river wee high It look Iwo wenks or more he fore they could ford the stream "The present site of HUleldo Mis sion wns selected for tho school. The south side of (he mission was ball' A substantial frame church house wns alio constructed nbout 80 feet west of tho prnaent house. Mos oultnes were not so bad on this i Ig.i location nnd moreover they rotild bo screened out of he frame build ng, while thev swarmed through tho ciarks of the log houses. While People; Come. "From HSI to ISSli there wns unite an Influx; of 'nnn cltlions,' nn they were islled. Thrv were per 1nv','.ll,", vm-xt PAtir Have you heard A. N. Undsey nt Thirteenth nnd Wheeling' If not. why not 7 Come out tonight Advertisement. How '.Thousands are accumulating rj i , 1 1 money Af p , III THOUSANDS of people arc ncciimulating money sys tematically by means of Interest Accounts with this bank. They have learned that it is possible to save as they earn. Their accounts are regularly credited with Compound Interest; giving them the benefit of a substantial interest return in addition to the amount saved. Starting an interest account, with us is a simple mat ter. All that is necessary is to call here, register your name and make a first deposit. 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